Example sentences of "[coord] to get [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Criminal plaints were sometimes filed against the thieves in order to reduce the amount of ransom , or to get a couple of rupees compensation for an eaten animal . |
| 2 | One thing , you need to go to the bathroom or , or to get a drink , says wake up and go and do it , the other thing , th th the desire to go on sleeping , says you know , well do n't wake now , I want to go on sleeping . |
| 3 | The simplest way of getting an answer is to show the advertisement to a number of individuals selected from the target group , or to a group of them , and to get a discussion going about the ad . |
| 4 | It was now called Growth and to get a decision on anything , you had to have a committee meeting , and as I pointed out , if it was going to continue this way , David would lose interest totally . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've not played for a long time and to get a goal in the first ten minutes was incredible . |
| 6 | I would love to have an excellent shape and to get a vote for my body ’ along with Jane Seymour ‘ She looks excellent for her age . |
| 7 | If we were to get married , I had to get a job , and to get a job I had to finish my Ph.D . |
| 8 | There is still time to Beat the Bounds anywhere , urban or rural , on 24 May , and to get a reply ( if you send an sae for details ) from the Open Spaces Society , 25a Bell Street , Henley-on-Thames , Oxon RG9 2BA . |
| 9 | The secret is to have sufficient height and to get the angle to the field about right before turning onto the base leg . |
| 10 | Pimples can cause much anguish , so it pays to learn as much as you can about your skin , and to get the help of your doctor or a dermatologist at a hospital skin clinic . |
| 11 | I want slick passing , quick passing and to get the ball BEHIND the defence occasionally . |
| 12 | In the light of what surely must be a changed forecast , will the right hon. Gentleman review his hostility so far to careful public expenditure designed to create infrastructure improvements for the future and to get the economy moving ? |
| 13 | I think it would be to survive and to get the audience its erm its target audience was getting smaller and smaller |
| 14 | I did n't stay there long ; I was told very forcibly that the job had to be done and to get the hell out of his cabin . |
| 15 | And all the while we monitor to keep tabs on what is happening and to get the feedback we need to make in-flight adjustments . |
| 16 | Test out a small piece first to check that your choice of thread colour is right and to get the tension correct . |
| 17 | I was lifting my pendant to ask Posi a question or two — and to get an update on the state of the ship — when I saw the girl . |
| 18 | To give but one example , it allows us to search a database of tens of thousands of objects looking for ‘ wooden bowls from Ghana which are greater than 12cm wide ’ , and to get an answer within seconds of posing the question . |
| 19 | Joe cleared his table , put his carpet-bag in the larder , locked the door and went out for some fresh air and to get an evening paper , afternoon edition . |
| 20 | Because the price of a single was almost the same as the price of the return but to get a refund you have to pay an administration charge which when you add it all up comes to me owing them four pounds . |
| 21 | There have been many occasions on the Dee when I 've used a waggler , not for distance , but to get a bait to move through slow water made worse by abstraction . |
| 22 | The bands started playing around 11 in the evening and , basically , people did n't go there for the music but to get a sleep if they lived too far out from central London to get home after the tubes had closed down for the night . |
| 23 | Having noticed the fertility ofodrugs as metaphor , what Ronell wants is not to explore the cultural meaning of drugs , but to get a piece of the action for herself . |
| 24 | I always buy your magazine , but to get a picture of ‘ Slash ’ or ‘ Satch ’ I have to cut out half of the interview page . |
| 25 | But to get the subject as a whole into perspective , it is necessary to look back to the past … |
| 26 | Now the town is going for the big one , but to get the title Entente Florale , it needs to beat off competition from seven other nations . |
| 27 | But to get the richness of true Italian egg pasta , you need at least four eggs per kilo of flour . |
| 28 | But to get the vote of China , which objects to the use of force , the document stated clearly that Chapter 7 was invoked to ‘ ensure the security of the UN Protection Force ’ , rather than permit aggressive action . |